37 Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used as money in parts of Afri-ca.The first metal coins were made in China. 38 People strung them together and carried them from place to place. Dif-ferent countries
The tea leaves were first boiled in water. They were then pressed into hard brick shapes. Coins were not always round. The coins of old China were once in the shape of a knife. In another land coins were made in the shape of a fish. Square money is still used by the people of ...
Dogs were living as companions to the early settlers of North America over 10,000 years ago. The oldest domestic dogs in the Americas were thought to be around 9500 years old. Angela Perri of Durham University, UK, and her colleagues have carried out fresh radiocarbon dating on the two dog...
The first copper coins(硬币) were made in China.They were round and had a square hole in the center.Different countries have used different metals for their money.Later,some countries began to make coins of gold and silver (银).But gold and silver were heavy to carry when people needed ...
But you might be wondering, “When were credit cards invented?” There is a long history ofcreditusage, but the first credit card came into existence in the middle of the 20th century. A quick history of credit cards can show us how they have evolved to become what they are today. ...
People on the Pacific island of Sant a Cruz used them.· Stones were the heaviest money ever used. People on the Pacific island of Yap used them. Some weighed over 500 pounds!·The smallest money ever used was in Greece. The coins were made of metal, but they were smaller than an ...
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In China, cloth and knives were used as money.Elephant tusks(牙), monkey tail(尾巴)and salt were used in some parts of the world.Rice was also a kind of money used by the people in some islands. The first copper coins(硬币)were made in China.They were round and had a square hole...
The first copper coins (硬币) were made in China. They were round and had a square (方形的) hole in the centre. Different countries have used different metals for their money. Later, some countries began to make coins of gold and silver (银). ...
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.——Harold S. Geneen 在商业世界中，每个人得到的报酬都是两种硬币：现金和经验。先从经验入手；现金会在稍后到来。A thick skin is a gift from God.——Konrad Adenauer...